Arctic Pleistocene History And The Development Of Submarine Permafrost

by Michael E. Vigdorchik

Overview

The regional distribution, composition, structures, thermal state and regime, thermophysical characteristics, and dynamics of temperature changes of submarine permafrost are considered, based on Eurasiatic shelf data. The origin and development of permafrost is closely connected with the specifics of Arctic Basin development during the Pleistocene

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367021801
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael E. Vigdorchik is a senior research associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Ph.D. in geological and mineralogical sciences from Tallin-Moscow, USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1965.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. History of Investigations 3. Submarine Permafrost Regional Distribution, Composition, and Structure 4. Thermal State and Regime: Environmental Data on Submarine Permafrost Development 5. Dynamics of the Arctic Shelves and Coastal Area Development During the Pleistocene 6. Arctic Shelf Exposure: Glacioisostasy, Block Tectonics, Coastal Uplift, and Permafrost Development 7. Types of Arctic Submarine Permafrost Zones 8. Conclusion